Graeme Souness
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I think he expected more in terms of creating things and finishing things.
The one they tried to get from Leon Fekir, who is a goalscorer and more of an attacking type.
So that tells you where Jurgen Klopp saw his weakness at the start of the season.
He felt...
I'm sure he felt that the midfield I've got are all great types, all workaholics, will never let me down in terms of when you ask them to do the hard yards.
But in terms of getting the ball and looking one way and playing cute and clever passes, I'm thinking the two silvers that City have, De Bruyne that City have.
These are players that put the shift in.
I've also got the little bit of class.
Not a lot of class.
A lot of class when push comes to shove, when they get in the last third, and something cute and clever that decides games like this.
You know, these people decide the big games.
The very special players decide the big games.
And I think in terms of...
Liverpool's midfield, they haven't got that type of player.
And I've said it already this evening, that it's very easy to point the finger at the front three.
If you're a striker, in those positions, you're more reliant than any other position on the pitch where people have to provide for you.
And I don't think they're getting the kind of...
See how many fields they've got?
Work their socks off.
Put the ball under pressure.